"In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed. When I grew up in the '70s I thought you had to take drugs. It was almost like I didn't think you had a choice."
"Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can't see it any other way."
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Source: Interview with David Coggins, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 5, 2009.
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